Keywords: Saint John river
Item 149022
Main Street, Saint Agatha, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1940 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic postcard
Item 11475
Samuel Cook letter on U.S.-Canadian border, 1842
Contributed by: Cary Library Date: circa 1842 Location: Houlton; Frankfort; New Brunswick, Canada Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
Site Page
"The fundamental issue was that, in the years since Champlain’s voyage, the precise location of the river had been lost."
Site Page
"Champlain map copy, Saint Croix or Bone Island, ca. 1799Maine Historical Society The border work of the 1790s, skillfully assessed by David…"
